The Day I Lost Everything lyrics

I'm here on a mission to tell you exactly what can go wrong if you're not careful. you see, it's like this: you're running down the staircase at random. you take one step, you take two steps, yoE seven steps, 10 steps, two steps, 15 steps, 19 steps...you're lying in a heap at the bottom of the staircase--blood, bones, powder, that sort of thing--and you're wondering, how did i get hereThen you look up and you see...it's a man in a cowl, it's a man in a cowl, he opens his face to you--it's jimmy tarbuck*. he is saying, "kiss the ring! kiss the ring!", and he says, &Yes, there is a santa claus, and anybody who blasphemes against santa or any of his helpers shall die." what do you do? what do you do?

You whimper thanks to the heavenly skyIts grey is getting lighterNo peace of mind or sleep for youYou haven't earned it yetAnd you won't by dusk, i betUntil you learn what futures you've destroyedWe musn't see you sulk or get annoyed...no

On the day i lost everything they couldn't help enoughThey shot my veins full of gelatineI said, "thank you very much, you're too kind!"

While they lived in luxuryI made do with money, sweet moneyAnd now i'm going to measure the rainAnd you can sit and watch me--look! look!Don't even think about not answering your phoneIt might be me and i know you're always home

On the day i lost everything they couldn't help enoughThey stopped my clock and they folded my wingsI said, "thank you very much for everything!"It means, "i'm gonna destroy you with my slings and my bullets!"

On the day i lost everything the sky was purest whiteAnd the clocks had stopped so i started to sing"the magpie sleeps tonight"

On the day i lost everything

* a veteran liverpool comedian, talk show and game show host, and a golfing enthusiast as well.